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Have just another idea for this line of Fakemons I've been doing recently!. The last one I've had was of a rival for yourself, Zahary .
This would be the first gym leader for this region fundamented in "being the first gym leader"; quote having more weight between lines.
For this Australian-esque region as I left to understood on my last drawing, I actually felt like putting more focus on Western and Northern australia rather the rest, more well-known southeast Australia, in many ways because of the closeness to the Polynesian islands and in a way or another, Kanto and Jotho 😝
"The first gym leaders" are actually the ones most of people recommend between voices to challenge, be it by it's novice, less dexterity or softer nature with newbie trainers.
I want to relate it in many ways to how in the anime on it's first season portray Brock and Misty on charge of the gym leaders felt rather like a heavyweight; So with our character Carina who is to replace now his old father on post
Here a song to manipulate your feelings with HER feelings
Dilemma being she's far from his father's brilliant and a competent level as a trainer!, if she is not to catch up on time with such title. Their gym would to be closed.
The first time we see her accompanied by Zachary would be she having an a anxious attack outside her local while being reassured by two gym lackeys, before apparently recognizing us and bursting on the gym. She have but just saw the literal guy who defeated HIS father and appeared on tv challenging the champion when she was but 14!!
"They must be family, he must be teaching the player who is about to challenge me too"
So as the other two adults calming her would introduce us, they used to be lackeys for his father. They were there to help their masters daughter because of pure loyalty, most of the old gym leaders apprentices... have quit after his father had to retire.
Irony being this two were stronger than her and so couldn't do gym leader lackey things, she didn't have any puzzles because of this!!. That alone should leave you to understand the state the gym was now.
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Eventually she do would come to speak us, as is due. Requesting to fight some time after and during daytime if is plausible!.
Depending on how you got along with Zachary up until then, he between giggles whispering you do it on night as he suspected she of making use of weather on her favor.
Up to you if stress Carina with this and fighting her on night time, there shall not be any sentimentalism with her post being on risk as!, as her responsibility as a rightful gym leader is to fight you as is due. She might is but a newbie like you training Pokemon, but she as well haves determination!.
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On the meantime before any of you did battle you'll get to know more about her and what used to be the purpose of this gym. Here coming my key inspirations of her design!.
I had a weird feeling while creating this character!, like... If I were possessed by a late 80's cartoonist character designer. That may find explanation on who I took of great reference for Carina's design, a grand australian tennis player by late 70's Evonne goolagong
What she aspires to become and his father used to work of being the branches of meteorology and a bit of energy making ideas.
There's many specializations on the job of a meteorologist depending on the focus, with her and family I wanted to make that focus on that is the interaction between animals and the climate on the skin of earth!
Be it on short range of just today and the seasons, to the ones that tales for thousand of years and can lead us to understand how climate can change drastically over the million of years!
By the understanding I got to have, the branch of life science of meteorology that encapsulates; Biometeorology, Geobiology and Bioclimatology
The gym they used to have was purpose of that study, with his father my tackle on that is a pursue on how to obtain energy of Pokemon on a positive way as an alternative of coal.
So her gym is actually a bit of a shut museum, many interesting things to look at!. On a place that clearly looks outdated or have seen better days. Zachary would add to this that, even when he fought his father, this place was already a bit decrepit, pitying her and aiding her with what would be her fight with you 🤪
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Whenever you defeat her on your first try, or losing this being a chance to know more about her (If you lose on your first fight she on the next would have caught a lv.14 drought ability Vulpix and +2 levels all her Pokemon)
As is due, you'll eventually defeat her and obtain her, perhaps call it "Biosphere badge". Both of you would continuing your paths to grow stronger!, it would have been very convenient of being precisely your fight the one that would have put her out of commission, right?
On the following days the next barrage of Ace trainers from all over the region would have defitevely put her out the post and close the gym. So you might see her along his father around their city as they were moving out all their equipment. Many trucks opportunistically blocking your way so you meet them funnel path (Plus the player is it's own character, and wanna see what happened )
This since you were backtracking a bit to your see your grandma on home, they revealing you all that had happened, so you meeting his father and having a glimpse of what he used to be made off!.
Here Carina would tell you her aspirations to become a wanderer trainer like you to obtain all badges and become strong, so my evil plans to strive for Final fantasy on Pokemon may begin as she would like the idea of follow you and the champion Zahary to become stronger!
So my conception of difficulty, where I made of the player a punch bag pinata, but then reveal that defeat made a pinata effect of giving you more tools to win!!. And that having allies is the easing part as she would make sure a wild Pokemon didn't sweep you into the civilization again 😍
She being given a growth rate significatively superior to the average player, so, technically she being your more light hearted rival stereotype with a similar level to you!. Zachary being the mean stereotype of rival but way stronger than you both for most of the game!
*Edit note; It's beetle larva Pokemon, replace sand attack with the move "Zippy zap" that has is critical radio nerfed to significatevely high
If her Cherrim it's to fight during the day, instead of having sunny day it'll have morning sun.
Apart of giving you it's badge, she'll gift you by winning of with the TM of dig, and if you lost to her, having the chance to see his father and he giving you the TM for Volt switch.
Plus a story event where she'll show you where to find and have a set battle with the same species of tiger beetle larva Pokemon she has! , they're otherwise rare
Also, "there's 9 gym leaders". Through the end of the game you might see a stadium, perhaps provisionally call it... Optus stadium, being built really close the city around the river.
Opportunistically!!, just before you get the chance to go in victory road you'll be requested by the league HQ to renew your first badge. There's a new gym leader 😍😍 FUBOL LOCO 🏐🏐🏏
And what is odd, the soccer players are the lackeys to beat in a game!. The real gym leader is a retired legend... he now working as a COMMENTATOR based on Jony Warren with special dialogue for those last fights like... in stadium!
Fun part is this is to become the beloved briger of "battle tower" by the postgame. But instead with rental Pokemon on games that put much emphasis on hit and back moves, immunities and sweeping, having 11 Pokemon to choose from on 5vs5 battles!
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Also, as it comes from me other gym leader ideas; I thought about a Queensland surfer, who in a similar manner to Brawly being pals with Bruno. This surfer would also be friends with Marlon and perhaps Brawly himself!. Being that state seemingly a great touristic point... I'd won't skimp on showing foreign trainers!
He might be both proficient on water and plant types, that's because he's a Pokemon ranger!. And a aquatic one on that, he veils for that is the shoreline, the largest line of coral reefs on the whole world!
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Another gym leader!, and is, being violet and scarlet emphasizing so much on that is the sandwich cuisine. ¿What about tackle insects on the kitchen trought what is the "sevii islands" for this region?.
Despite this first impressions he's not a cooksperson, he's a sailor of Java and one to take you trought the islands ought to reminiscent the line of islands below indonesia up to Java!. Where opportunistically you won't go beyond being your focus stay on your region.
He is actually really proficient on that is the bug type as well, specifically terrifying bugs! (Has shiny Volcarona and Scizor). After said optional travels be capable of challenge him on where he's living now, perhaps to allude Brisbane port by the south of Queensland
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And lastly a one that is your teacher from school!. Since you'll also be an student you might see her on early game, but since it's summer, she does optional summer classes perfectly skippable for those that don't desire it. You would see her again tough as just in Norman style she's a competent gym leader you'll fight when you get stronger!
Specialized on care of children kindergarten, pediatrics and psychology teacher. Psychic-normal specialist!. And i'd make sure some fakemons so she has more than just Farigiraf
Her parents also are the ones in charge of a Pokemon daycare, which can exclusively take care of baby, not fully evolved pokemon of a medium size at max. It'll be of great help to level up weak Pokemon and make for the Poke amie feature and by the medium game, upgrade to a bigger daycare like we are accustomed to.
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Now I might tell you another crazy idea, and is that for a postgame, being a Baki fan I thought of blatantly copy the 5 death row inmates saga for the post game...
...And if you wonder how I'd translate such shady concept on Pokémon hear this 💀
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5 ex-champions of different regions have heard of Zachary obtaining all the gold insignia and have come to see such a champion to fight him!. All irrisory and funny light hearted characters that don't even mind of being defeated, they rather find fun on how a zigzagoon tries to pursuit it's tail and put themselves trought just as irrisory challenges to have but fun!
If Nemona comes to represent a player having a "new game" after years and Zachary one getting into competitive. This guys come to represent the ones that pursue further challenges, "lockes", by simple fun!
This 5 as well are the hyperbole of a trainer!!. Have you see how in the Pokemon world are martial artist that you swear could knock out a Machoke, Witches that could exorcist a Haunter of this realm and that prove the Kadabra becoming kid is rather an allegory to real life cases?
- The first to arrive is an acquaintance of Zachary!, an grown up Frontier brain Greta full of this Bruce lee stereotypical energy
and dressed as a full Street fighter character, leads with Urshifu
- A monstrous psychic master woman of Kanto that looks rather more out of Akira or Dragon Ball because of her aura, leads with Mewtwo
- The real life inspiration behind Poke Studios Brycen man, who actually was a terrifying galar musician Dark-Ghost type specialist that one day appeared to easily become champion and disappear to don't be be see anymore but the underground music scene on Unova. This after Chairman Rose demerit his title, leads with a gigantamax Hydreigon and and unsealed state Spiritomb
- Yeah yeah, I really like fighting type. Giant Baba but in Pokemon, coming from Jotho and having an odd relation with the Sinjoh ruins. Solely to come out of his retirement of Mount silver to see you actually, leads with a Regigigas with a slow start that is solely of waste a single turn to be perfectly usable.
- And a shiny hunter!, completing the shiny national dex with even Zachary and Carina's help would already be difficult. This shiny hunter would be that "extra" push to complete the worldwide dex on this region or event start, 🥰 because she would be joining us!. A shiny hunter of Sinnoh, leads with a shiny Vespiquen and shiny Latias specifically caught on Mirage island.
They all wanting to put you under restrictive challenges and irrisory moments around the region!. defeat?, normal it's all but laughter!. It's up to tryhards to win, both would at the end experience crazy and funny moments around them.
And perfectly an excuse to ever add more content or challenges on the game, the shiny hunter the absolute way to trick even the average player to try shiny hunting for example 😍
To the giant baba trainer being the one to lead us into the legendary hunt, Greta put under genuine difficult fights all resonating to the ones her friends did on the battle frontier!.
And the psychic gym leader and the Dark-Ghost Musician that puts us under mind challenges, likes the ones when your Pokemon are against you, to fight with Pokemon that are not yours and outright the type of fights we are less accustomed to. The one were our Pokemon are not so "ours" or better said permanent, if not use Pokemon that are not so strong!